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Sep 25, 2024 • 1h 27min

250: Misery with Jason Pargin (ft Guest Co-Host Don Coscarelli)

Romance writer Paul Sheldon is in a catastrophic car accident and that's only the beginning of his troubles as his rescuer turns out to be a psychotic fan who has some very strong opinions on the direction of his recent work. 
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Sep 18, 2024 • 1h 22min

249: Taking A Closer Look At King's Female Characters with Emily V. Gordon (ft Guest Co-Host Kate Siegel)

You can always count on Kate Siegel to keep things chaotic and Emily V. Gordon to bring her psychology degree to the table when analyzing King's work. Be prepared for lots of talk about "that scene" from IT and to desperately want a tee-shirt with the slogan "Stank Some Os" by the time this chat wraps up.
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Sep 11, 2024 • 1h 34min

248: The Life of Chuck with Anthony Breznican

The Life of Chuck is a recent King novella published in If It Bleeds, a standout story about finding joy in life, even if that means dancing your ass off in front of complete strangers. The odd feel good story about a world falling apart that has been adapted into a wonderful new film from Mike Flanagan.
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Sep 4, 2024 • 1h 30min

247: Revival with JT Mollner (ft. Guest Co-Host Wynter Mitchell)

Revival is the story of a nice guy preacher who suffers great personal tragedy, loses his faith, and seeks for answers about the afterlife that he, and us, the constant readers, aren't ready to face. Released in 2014, this book still has yet to be adapted, even though folks like Mike Flanagan have tried. 
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Aug 28, 2024 • 1h 12min

246: 1408 with Mikael Hafstrom

1408 is about a skeptical writer who is in search of ghosts. He stays at all the most famous haunted places without ever stumbling across anything supernatural... until, that is, he stays in room 1408 at the Dolphin Hotel in New York City. 
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Aug 21, 2024 • 1h 22min

245: Duma Key with Laura Lux (ft. Guest Co-Host Zach Dionne)

Edgar Freemantle travels to Duma Key, Florida for a little R&R after a horrible accident took his right arm and permanently damaged his marriage. He picks up a paintbrush and starts churning out amazing paintings that might have a sinister supernatural side to them.
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Aug 14, 2024 • 1h 24min

244: The Running Man with Steven E. de Souza

Based on the Richard Bachman book of the same name, 1987's The Running Man is a cheesy action spectacular with some of the all-timer Arnold Schwarzenegger one-liners. The movie bears very little resemblance to the book, however it remains one of the more prescient movies of the '80s.
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Aug 7, 2024 • 44min

243: Maximum Overdrive with Tilman Singer

Maximum Overdrive is King's one and only outing as director and is based on his short story "Trucks," a much bleaker and meaner tale of mankind's machines turning against their makers. 
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Jul 31, 2024 • 1h 37min

242: The Long Walk with Burnie Burns

The Long Walk is set in an Authoritarian future where the masses are entertained by a competition where 100 of America's youth start in one spot and have to keep walking until there is only one walker remaining. Those who fall during the walk don't just lose out on the grand prize, but are executed right there in broad daylight. 100 boys enter and only one will win. 
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Jul 24, 2024 • 2h 38min

241: You Like It Darker with Stephen Graham Jones (ft. guest co-host Neil McRobert)

King's latest short story collection, You Like It Darker, is a showcase of the master hitting all his best notes, from crime fiction to straight horror. From angry alligators to creepy aliens that grant wishes to terrifying ghost toddlers and dream doorways that should absolutely, positively never be opened, this one's a banger.

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